Border Districts stumbled at the last hurdle before finals in the KNTFL’s round 16 last weekend. Borders have been top of the ladder for nearly the whole year, but lost in a surprise result to Naracoorte in the last round. Meanwhile second-placed Mundulla won a thriller over bottom side Kybybolite to leap ahead of Borders and steal top spot. Borders losing means they will have to face Keith in a difficult qualifying final match-up this Saturday, while Mundulla will enjoy a week off before playing in the following weekend’s second semi-final. Naracoorte came with a plan to be aggressive against Borders and it worked, with the Demons dominating the match after quarter time kicking 14 goals to 4 to win 15.14 to 5.12. Borders reportedly suffered injuries to add insult to the loss, with finals starting this week. Naracoorte was well served by midfielders Josh Gregg and Keenan Jacobs, and […]

By Amelie Nancarrow. Under 13’s Greenbottles def Redlegs Goals Greenbottles: Henry fry, Angus McGregor, Eliza Withers Best Greenbottles: Henry Fry, Harriet Waters, Jada Copping Best Redlegs: Seth Gale, Archie Olsen, Ollie Williams Plenty of finals excitement was among the Greenbottles U13’s when they took to the pitch against Redlegs. The Greens settled into the game working it between themselves whilst Seth Gale took his opportunities to plough hits into Redlegs attacking half. Repeatedly the Greens defence, Harrison Andrews and Phoebe Yates worked it out and back into attack. Eliza Withers made the first score for Greens with great pressure in the circle and great positioning allowing her to put it into the goals. Jada Copping pushed it up forward and more chances came. However, it was Henry Fry who chased in a second goal lifting the spirits of the Greens. Seth Gale had other ideas and continued to be a […]

I know there have been lots of twists and turns along the way as the SANFL tries to tell us where all of our local footy clubs are going to be playing next year. But the latest development I have to admit has hit me for six. I’m just confused now. Did I read it right last week when I read that Penola wants to leave the KNTFL and join the Western Border league in whatever form that league takes next year? I thought we had been presented with a clear cut option that we would be splitting into 2 leagues, with the Western Border disbanding. Four of their current clubs would join us in the KNT, with the other 2 joining the Mid SE league. There was plenty of opposition to that idea – mainly because of the big distances to be travelled by the clubs in the northern […]

By Barb Altus. The battle for the Tiger Cup was hard-fought and closely contested with the lead alternating each quarter until Mundulla took the lead in the last term and won by two goals. Kybybolite started strongly when George Malone and Brad Castine worked the ball forward where Hillier snapped accurately from the boundary, then […]